The Eterna silk thread behaved perfectly today! When I was doing this in winter, the silk thread would pick up static, splay out and snag on the frame. I hated it then. Today the silk was so nice that I was able to use a 24-inch single ply and split-outline all the pink crab apple flowers, and the silk was still in perfect shape at the end, and it was not clinging every which way.

Details of crab apple padding.

Yoshi keeping me company on my other JE stand.

Didn't want to quit today! I was "in the zone". I am quite pleased with the way the crab apple blossoms are turning out. Partly it is because of the well behaving Eterna silk, and partly due to the glass laying tool shown here. I have only used the tekobari after starting JE, and I have never used a laying tool before. But this glass laying tool is wonderful! Not to mention beautiful. Its tip is smooth so the silk slides down easily, and it is not sharp! Sometimes when I use the tekobari if I'm not careful I'll snag the adjacent satin stitches and mess up the silk.

Finished the leaf on the left side. The leaf tip isn't too good, but hopefully it is shiny enough that it is not obvious. When I tried to make a sharp turn, the metal gold thread unravelled and got twisted.

Redid the right top section of the right leaf. Instead of doing round and round couching, I sunk the ends for each turn-around. The shape is nicer now.